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Updated: Pure Storage Inc.‘s stock took a huge beating today after the data storage company reported third-quarter revenue that missed estimates by some distance. And if that wasn’t enough, the company’s revenue guidance for the next quarter also came up short. Pure Storage, …
Google’s Migrate for Anthos service is now generally available
Google LLC announced at its Cloud Next UK 2019 event the general availability of a new tool that makes it easier for enterprises to migrate their applications from on-premises and public cloud environments to its Anthos hybrid cloud platform. Launched earlier this …
AWS updates its storage portfolio with a raft of new features
Hosting its inaugural Storage Day in the run-up to its annual re:Invent cloud computing conference in early December, Amazon Web Services Inc. today announced a number of updates to its portfolio of storage services. Fast Snapshot Restore in Amazon EBS Top of the list …
Intel warns of ‘extremely tight’ chip supply despite building up production
Computer chipmaker Intel Corp. took the rather unusual step Wednesday of providing an update on its ongoing chip supply issues. In a letter to its customers and partners, the company said it’s increasing its reliance on contract chip manufacturers to try to …
Google adds more security features to its cloud services
Google LLC wants its cloud customers to have more control and visibility over their data, so today it announced a raft of new capabilities around data encryption, network security and security analytics. The most significant of the updates, which were announced at …
Big tech firms join the Open Invention Network to fight against patent trolls
IBM Corp., Microsoft Corp. and the Linux Foundation are teaming up with the Open Invention Network to help protect open-source software projects from so-called patent assertion entities, more colloquially called “patent trolls.” The OIN is a “patent non-aggression community” that cross-licenses patents …
Google launches a more predictable pricing model for its BigQuery analytics service
Google LLC today announced a new reservation system for its BigQuery service that helps ensure more predictable pricing for enterprises that use it regularly. BigQuery Reservations helps enterprises to predict their analytics spending more easily because they can purchase capacity in bulk …
Cloud data backup company Clumio raises $135M Series C round
Enterprise data backup provider Clumio Inc. is enjoying some strong momentum if its latest funding round is anything to go by. The company said today it has raised $135 million in a Series C round of funding, which is an enormous amount …
Western Union plans big migration to Amazon’s cloud platform
Amazon Web Services Inc. has landed a major new customer in the financial services sector. The Western Union Company said today it has chosen Amazon.com Inc.’s cloud computing company as its “preferred long-term strategic cloud provider” and will press ahead with plans …
IBM ships out two new open-source tools for Kubernetes developers
Taking center stage at the Kubecon + CloudNativeCon co-located events in San Diego today, IBM Corp. announced two new open-source tools for the Kubernetes ecosystem, as well as updates to two of its existing projects. The new tools include Kui, which is …